MIAA Boys Rankings

MIAA Boys Rankings
As of 1/13/14

#  Team                       Record     Last Ranking

1. Springfield Putnam      7-0                 1

2. Mansfield                    9-0                 2

3. Lynn English               5-0                 4

4. Everett                       7-0                 10

5. New Mission               7-1                 7

6. Newton North              7-1                 3

7. Catholic Memorial        5-1                 5

8. St. Johns Prep            6-0                 8

9. St. Johns (S)               9-1                 9

10. Andover                    6-1                 6

11. Central Catholic         5-3                12

12. North Quincy             8-0                14

13. St. Peter Marian        4-3                 15

14. Danvers                    8-0                 16

15. Cambridge                4-2                 11

16. Brookline                  5-2                 19

17. Martha's Vineyard      7-1                NR

18. Northampton              6-1                18

19. Wachusett                 6-1                17

20. BC High                     4-2                21

21. Cardinal Spellman      5-2                 20

22. Sharon                      5-1                 23

23. Dorchester                 6-2                13

24. Bishop Feehan           7-1                24

25. Braintree                   5-2                 NR

MIAA Boys Top 25

Sorry for the delay. Here is our MIAA Boys Top 25 after the first 2 and a half weeks of the season.

Enjoy!

#  Team
1  Springfield Putnam
2  Mansfield
3  Central Catholic
4  Lynn English
5  New Mission
6  Newton North
7  Catholic Memorial
8  St Johns Prep
9  St Johns (Shrewsbury)
10 Brookline
11 Andover
12 St Peter Marian
13 Everett
14 Dorchester
15 Cardinal Spellman
16 Springfield Central
17 BC High
18 Danvers
19 Wachusett
20 Bishop Feehan
21 Sharon
22 North Quincy
23 Brighton
24 Springfield Cathedral
25 Lynn Classical

MIAA Boys Pre-season Top 25

We have released our MIAA boys pre-season Top 25. Springfield Putnam comes in at the top spot as the Beavers will look to defend their D1 State Title. The Beavers have 4 starters returning this season, as well as 4 transfers coming into the program. Among the transfers is sophomore shooting guard Tyonne Malone. Malone has reportedly already been offered scholarships from Umass-Amherst and Boston University.

For the complete rankings visit the MIAA Rankings tab at the top of the page.

2014 Spalding Hoophall Classic Released

The 2014 Spalding Hoophall Classic schedule has just been released. The event will showcase some of the nations top High School basketball players. Springfield College will host the event from January 16th-20th.

Some of the programs that are scheduled to participate in the event include: Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, NH), Fidlay Prep (Henderson, NV), Huntington Prep (Huntington, WV), Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA), Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL), Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA), Prime Prep Academy (Dallas, TX), St. Anthony High School (Jersey City, NJ), St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ), and Wilbraham and Monson Academy (Wilbraham, MA).

There are also numerous local teams that will compete in at this event. On the girls side, the defending D1 State champs Braintree will play Christ the King (New York, NY), while the defending D3 State champs Archbishop Williams go against Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA). Both of these games will take place Friday evening (January 17, 2014).

The most intriguing match-up for local fans will take place Thursday night (January 16, 2014), when Springfield Putnam will square off against Springfield Central. Not only are the schools city rivals, but they are also the last 2 schools to win the D1 state championships (Central in 2012 and Putnam in 2013).

Here is the full schedule of games for the event:

Thursday, January 16, 2014
4:00 pm - Sabis vs. Granby - GIRLS
5:30 pm - Granby vs. Greenfield
7:00 pm - Sabis vs. West Springfield
8:30 pm - Springfield Central High School vs. Springfield Putnam

Friday, January 17, 2014
4:30 pm. - Springfield Central vs. West Springfield - GIRLS
6:00 pm - Archbishop Williams vs. Mater Dei (Calif.) - GIRLS
7:30 pm - Braintree vs. Christ The King (N.Y.) - GIRLS
9:00 pm - Springfield Cathedral vs. Holyoke

Saturday, January 18, 2014
Noon - Springfield Putnam vs. Woodstock Academy (Conn.)
1:30 pm - Springfield Central vs. Albany Academy (N.Y.)
3:00 pm - Bishop O'Connell (Va.) Rainier Beach (Wash.)
4:30 pm - Abraham Lincoln (N.Y.) vs. Houston Yates (Texas)
6:00 pm - St. Frances Academy (Md.) vs. St. John Bosco (Calif.)
8:00 pm - Huntington Prep (W. Va.) vs. Prime Prep Academy (Texas)

Sunday, January 19, 2014
11:00 am - Kimball Union (N.H.) vs. Northfield Mount Hermon School
12:30 pm - Cushing Academy vs. Worcester Academy
2:00 pm - St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) vs. Arlington Country Day (Fla.)
3:30 pm - Our Savior New American (N.Y.) vs. La Lumiere (Ind.)
5:00 pm - DeMatha Catholic (Md.) vs. St. Joseph (N.J.)
6:30 pm - Wilbraham & Monson Academy vs. Brewster Academy (N.H.)
8:00 pm - Skills Challenge

Monday, January 20, 2014
9:45 am - St. Anthony (N.J.) vs. Paul VI (Va.)
11:30 am - Wesleyan Christian (N.C.) vs. Findlay Prep (Nev.)
1:30 pm - Oak Hill Academy (Va.) vs. Whitney Young (Ill.)
3:30 pm - Curie (Ill.) vs. Montverde Academy (Fla.)
5:30 pm - Neumann-Goretti (Penn.) vs. Mater Dei (Calif.) 

For more information on the event, or to order tickets, please visit the 2014 Spalding Hoophall Classic website

Mansfield Boys and Bishop Feehan Freshman Girls Take MPC Summer League Titles

On Sunday afternoon, two teams were crowned champions of the Varsity Mass Premier Summer League.  The Mansfield Hornets took the title in the boys division, beating King Philip in the championship game 71-50.

King Philip played hard in the first half, with much credit to KP guard, Tim Smith who scored 9 points off of the three point line. At half-time, Mansfield had a narrow lead of 35-28.

Starting the second half, Mansfield scored 10 unanswered points extending their lead to 45-28. The Hornets set their pace and were unstoppable after that opening second half run--winning the game by a respectable 21 points.

The Mansfield Hornets were led by Senior Guard Rocky DeAndrade (16 points), Junior Forward Brendan Hill (14 points), and Junior Guard Ryan Boulter (13 points).

Mansfield finished the Mass Premier Summer League with a 17-1 record.

The real surprise of the day was the eventual Varsity Girls Mass Premier Summer League Champ--The  Shamrocks, made up of Bishop Feehan Freshman (Class of 2017). The Shamrocks were originally playing in the JV Mass Premier Summer League but were never challenged. In the JV league, the team was 8-0 with an average margin of victory of 53 points. Due to this impressive record, the team was moved up to the varsity bracket for the playoffs. In the preliminary round, the Shamrock girls defeated the Bishop Feehan JV team (White) 49-27. They then defeated Franklin 60-27, and Brockton 71-53, to get to the semifinals. In the semifinals the Shamrocks were matched up against the Bishop Feehan varsity team. The freshman upset the varsity team 54-39.

In the championship game it looked like the Shamrocks cinderella run was about to come to an end. Bellingham led most of the way until guard Katie Nelson put the Shamrocks ahead 39-36 with 5:30 to go in the game. Bellingham came back to tie the game 41-41. Nelson would then score another basket with that would put the Shamrocks up for good. The Shamrocks would end up winning the game 47-43.

Molly Lahiff led the Shamrocks with 13 points, while Nelson added 10 points.

Here are the champions in the other divisions:
JV Boys - Braintree
JV Girls - North Attleboro (Red)
Freshman Boys "A"- Mansfield (Green)
Freshman Boys "B"- Medfield
Freshman Girls - Norwood

MPC Summer League Playoffs

The Mass Premier Summer League playoffs will take place this Saturday and Sunday.

Here are the seedings and the schedule for the tournaments. All games will be played at Mass Premier Courts:

Varsity Boys

#1 Mansfield (Green) 13-1, #2 Attleboro (Blue) 13-1, #3 Franklin (Blue) 12-2, #4 Walpole (White) 10-2, #5 Oliver Ames 9-4, #6 King Philip (Green) 7-6, #7 North Attleboro 6-7, #8 Norton 6-7, #9 NE Maritime 7-2, #10 Xaverian 5-3, #11 Walpole (Blue) 6-8, #12 Norwell 5-2, #13 Foxboro 4-10, #14 Franklin (White) 5-8, #15 Canton 3-11, #16 Dighton-Rehoboth 3-11, #17 Attleboro (White) 2-6, #18 Holliston 3-6, #19 King Philip (White) 1-7

Preliminary Round

Saturday

Game 1 8:00am #16 Dighton-Rehoboth vs #17 Attleboro (White)

Game 2 8:00am #14 Franklin (White) vs #19 King Philip (White)

Game 3 8:00am #15 Canton vs #18 Holliston

First Round

Saturday

Game 4 9:50am #1 Mansfield (Green) vs #17 Attleboro (White)

Game 5 9:50am #8 Norton vs #9 NE Maritime

Game 6 8:55am #4 Walpole (White) vs #13 Foxboro

Game 7 8:55am #5 Oliver Ames vs #12 Norwell

Game 8 9:50am #3 Franklin (Blue) vs #19 King Philip (White)

Game 9 9:50am #6 King Philip (Green) vs #11 Walpole (Blue)

Game 10 12:35pm #2 Attleboro (Blue) vs #18 Holliston

Game 11 12:35pm #7 North Attleboro vs #10 Xaverian

Quarterfinals

Saturday

Game 12 11:40am #1 Mansfield (Green) vs #9 NE Maritime

Game 13 10:45am #4 Walpole (White) vs #5 Oliver Ames

Game 14 11:40am #3 Franklin (Blue) vs #6 King Philip (Green)

Game 15 2:25pm #2 Attleboro (Blue) vs #7 North Attleboro

Semifinals

Sunday

Game 16 9:00am #1 Mansfield (Green) vs #4 Walpole (White)

Game 17 9:00am #6 King Philip (Green) vs #2 Attleboro (Blue)

Finals

Sunday

Game 18 12:00pm #1 Mansfield (Green) vs #6 King Philip (Green)

Varsity Girls

#1 Bishop Feehan (Green) 13-0, #2 Bellingham 12-1, #3 Mansfield (White) 9-4, #4 Brockton 10-4, #5 Franklin 9-4, #6 Foxboro 8-5, #7 King Philip (White) 7-2, #8 Ursuline 7-6, #9 Stoughton 7-7, #10 Milford 6-6, #11 King Philip (Green) 6-7, #12 Bishop Feehan (White) 6-7, #13 Attleboro 5-8, #14 North Attleboro 6-7, #15 Norwood 5-8, #16 North Attleboro (Frosh) 4-0, #17 Taunton 4-10, #18 Oliver Ames 4-7, #19 Mansfield (Green) 4-9, #20 Norton 3-11, #21 Shamrocks 8-0 in JV

Preliminary Round

Saturday

Game 1 8:00am #16 North Attleboro (Frosh) vs #17 Taunton

Game 2 8:55am #13 Attleboro vs #20 Norton

Game 3 8:55am #12 Bishop Feehan (White) vs #21 Shamrocks

Game 4 1:30pm #14 North Attleboro vs #19 Mansfield (Green)

Game 5 2:25pm #15 Norwood vs #18 Oliver Ames

First Round

Saturday

Game 6 9:50am #1 Bishop Feehan (Green) vs #16 North Attleboro (Frosh)

Game 7 9:50am #8 Ursuline vs #9 Stoughton

Game 8 10:45am #4 Brockton vs #13 Attleboro

Game 9 10:45am #5 Franklin vs #21 Shamrocks

Game 10 3:20pm #3 Mansfield (White) vs #14 North Attleboro

Game 11 3:20pm #6 Foxboro vs #11 King Philip (Green)

Game 12 4:15pm #2 Bellingham vs #18 Oliver Ames

Game 13 4:15pm #7 King Philip (White) vs #10 Milford

Quarterfinals

Saturday

Game 14 11:40am #1 Bishop Feehan (Green) vs #9 Stoughton

Game 15 12:35pm #4 Brockton vs #21 Shamrocks

Game 16 5:10pm #14 North Attleboro vs #6 Foxboro

Game 17 6:05pm #2 Bellingham vs #10 Milford

Semifinals

Sunday

Game 18 9:00am #1 Bishop Feehan (Green) vs #21 Shamrocks

Game 19 9:00am #14 North Attleboro vs #2 Bellingham

Finals

Sunday

Game 20 12:00pm #2 Bellingham vs #21 Shamrocks

Scott Arsenault Shoots Lights Out at the A Shot For Life Challenge

On Saturday afternoon, some of the best shooters in the Bay State competed in the first-ever Shot For Life Challenge. Ten student athletes shot for two hours to raise money for the fight against cancer. The rules were pretty simple, shoot, shoot, and shoot some more.

For the first 20 minutes, the shooters could attempt 15-foot shots. Most of the participants shot Free Throws, but a few went the unconventional route of shooting 15ft bank shots or moving around to different spots as if they were playing a game of "Around the World." 

For the second 20 minutes, shooters could only attempt three pointers. To finish off the first hour of the challenge participants could shoot 15-footers again but Free Throws were not allowed. 

At the halfway mark, Walpole's Scott Arsenault was in first place shooting 89.2%. Brookline's Shiraz Mumtaz (shooting 82.9%) and Newton North's Tommy Mobley (78.7%) were in second and third, respectively. 

After a five minute break the participants started the second hour of the challenge continuing to shoot 15 footers with no Free Throws. With 30 minutes remaining in the challenge, all 3 point shots that the participants made counted for double. This caused the final shooting percentages to be weighted. 

At the end of the two hour challenge Arsenault was named champion shooting a weighted shooting percentage of 107.1% . His actual shooting percentage was 90.5% which is amazing. Mumtaz (81.8%) and Mobley (79.2%) finished in second and third.

The field of participants included Ben Judson (St. John's Prep), Sam Bohmiller (Franklin), Nick McKenna (Danvers), Ryan Roach (Cardinal Spellman), Mike Nelson (Bishop Feehan), Jake Foote (Duxbury) and Tyler Gibson (Rockland). Vinny Clifford (Danvers) was scheduled to compete but had to pull out of the challenge due to a recent knee injury he suffered.

As of right now the A Shot For Life Challenge raised over $10,000 towards cancer research. 

A Shot For Life Foundation(ASFL) was created by Mike Slonina is 2011. Mike's first event put him in the record books, LITERALLY! On April 9, 2011 Mike shot jumpers for 24 hour straight. That day ASFL raised nearly $30,000. 

For more info on the ASFL Foundation please visit: ashotforlife.org 

To make a donation to the ASFL Foundation please visit: http://www.gofundme.com/3dsw54